Big Tobacco Snuffs Out New Cigarette Warnings, For Now

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3/1/2012 12:00 AM

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Connecticut Post, March 1, 2012

Connecticut Post, March 1, 2012: Steven A. Raucher, chairman of the department of communication, film and theatre at UNH, weighs in on a recent ruling that graphic anti-smoking ads on cigarette packs violate free-speech protection. "Is protecting the health of children an overriding issue? Absolutely," he says. "However, is this law narrowly tailored to meet this standard? That's the question."